2025–26 RAAL La Louvière season

RAAL La Louvière
2025–26 season
ManagerFrédéric Taquin
StadiumEasi Arena
Belgian Pro League11th
Belgian CupPre-season
Highest home attendance8,050 vs Standard Liège
Biggest winLa Louvière 1–0 Charleroi
Biggest defeatLa Louvière 0–2 Standard Liège

The 2025–26 season is the ninth in the history of Royal Association Athlétique Louviéroise La Louvière and the club's first-ever season in the Belgian Pro League, the nation's top football division. The team is also competing in the Belgian Cup this season.

Squad

Transfers In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW Senegal Pape Moussa Fall France Metz Loan 25 July 2025 [1]
DF France Yllan Okou France Bastia Free 3 August 2025
DF Belgium Thierry Lutonda Netherlands PEC Zwolle Undisclosed 7 August 2025 [2]

Transfers Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF Togo Fadel Gobitaka Belgium RFC Liège Free 1 July 2025
GK Belgium Arno Valkenaers Belgium Mons 1 July 2025
MF France Thierno Diallo Belgium Olympic Charleroi Loan 9 July 2025
FW Netherlands Raphaël Eyongo Belgium Olympic Charleroi Loan 12 July 2025
DF France Hady Camara Belgium RFC Seraing Free 17 July 2025 [3]
DF Belgium Luka Hoedaert Belgium Tubize-Braine Loan 18 July 2025
DF France Victor Corneillie Belgium Olympic Charleroi Free 24 July 2025
MF France Kenny Nagera France Rodez Undisclosed 7 August 2025 [4]
DF Netherlands Daan Klomp Canada Cavalry FC Contract terminated 8 August 2025 [5]

Friendlies

The team held a training camp in the Netherlands.

28 June 2025 La Louvière Belgium 0–0 Luxembourg FC Differdange 03
  • Gillot Red card 81'
2 July 2025 La Louvière Belgium 2–4 Belgium Tubize-Braine
5 July 2025 Mechelen Belgium 1–0 Belgium La Louvière
12 July 2025 Gent Belgium 1–1 Belgium La Louvière
19 July 2025 La Louvière Belgium 1–2 Belgium Lokeren
19 July 2025 La Louvière Belgium 1–0 Belgium Union Namur

Competitions

Belgian Pro League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
10 Gent 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4 Qualification for the Europe play-offs
11 Zulte Waregem 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
12 La Louvière 4 1 0 3 2 5 −3 3
13 Westerlo 4 1 0 3 6 11 −5 3 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14 Charleroi 4 0 3 1 4 5 −1 3
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[6]

Results by round

Round1234
GroundHAHA
ResultLLWL
Position15161113
Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

26 July 2025 1 La Louvière 0–2 Standard Liège La Louvière
20:45
  • Henry 5'
  • Ilaimaharitra 39' (pen.)
Stadium: Easi Arena
Attendance: 8,050
Referee: Lawrence Visser
2 August 2025 2 Gent 1–0 La Louvière Ghent
20:45
Stadium: Planet Group Arena
Attendance: 10,412
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
10 August 2025 3 La Louvière 1–0 Charleroi La Louvière
13:30
Stadium: Easi Arena
Attendance: 8,001
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
17 August 2025 4 Sint-Truiden 2–1 La Louvière Sint-Truiden
16:00 Stadium: Stayen
Referee: Bert Verbeke

Belgian Cup

References

  1. ^ "FC Metz: Pape Moussa Fall joins RAAL La Louvière on loan". OneFootball. July 24, 2025.
  2. ^ Media, RAAL (August 7, 2025). "Un nouveau Loup | Thierry Lutonda".
  3. ^ "Challenger Pro League - le défenseur français Hady Camara quitte la Louvière pour Seraing".
  4. ^ "Mercato : Bienvenue Kenny Nagera !". August 7, 2025.
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020.